Well after four completely crazy months, the house is finally finished. Well almost finished. The major construction is done and there are only a few back up items to be taken care of to make it cozy. We still need to paint and get the closets and interior doors installed, the main kitchen cabinets put in, the stair rail on, and there is one hell of a lot of clean up to be done. But the place is starting to feel like a place to live and I am pleased with it.We had a party here last night for all the people who worked on the house. Anh and her friend Vanh fixed up a traditional meal of duck and chicken complete with rice, soup and salad. Of course there was plenty of beer on hand.
This has all come around none too soon because I head out of here to go home for the holidays next week. I will be back in The States for a month and am really looking forward to seeing everyone as well as having a good Mexican dinner. I hope the new house is all cleaned and settled by the time I return. All I have to do now is find my socks. I hear it's cold in Colorado right now.
3 comments:
The house looks great and it sounds like a bargain. Drink a beer for me when you get back to Colorado. When you build a house in Vietnam, is there a chance that the government may ever take it over and give you the boot. Also, do you pay the whole bill up front, pay when the job is done, or pay as they build. It probably shoulds like I would enjoy being your neighbor--I would but have too many grandkids here and would miss watching them grow up.
Bill,
house looks great & we could almost taste the "house-warming party" food a la Anh & Vinh(?).
- Being an actual homeOWNER in VN makes you an official expatriate...not just a casual traveler! This "year teaching abroad" is proving to be a real
world-class adventure!
Have a safe trip back this way for the Holidays...hope to speak with you "live" sometime during the Holidays.
Al n' Carol
Bill,
house looks great & we could almost taste the "house-warming party" food a la Anh & Vinh(?).
- Being an actual homeOWNER in VN makes you an official expatriate...not just a casual traveler! This "year teaching abroad" is proving to be a real
world-class adventure!
Have a safe trip back this way for the Holidays...hope to speak with you "live" sometime during the Holidays.
Al n' Carol
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